EK AIO Basic 240 mm, D-RGB All-in-One CPU Water Cooler with Premium EK-Vardar High-Performance PMW Fans, Liquid Cooling, 120 mm Fan, Intel 115X/1200/2066, AMD AM4

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The EK AIO comes pre-installed with reinforced and sleeved rubber tubing, each fitted with an aluminum cover to ensure they’re ultra-durable. The kits come with Vardar RGB / aRGB compatible fans (with the “a” in aRGB standing for addressable).

People generally praise Liquid Freezer, but maybe my expectations were too high or something and I feel like it could be performing better. The EK AIO 240 D-RGB ships with a healthy patch of pre-applied thermal paste affixed to the copper cold plate. The EK-Hub was added to help with the cable management, offering multi-connection with up to seven sets of addressable RGB and PWM headers. The Kraken X63 in our Intel HEDT bench testing didn’t make any thermal improvements in the pump, only in the fans, and so Asetek looks to be presently in a disadvantaged position versus newer designs.

It tends to be the air coolers, like Zalman’s CNPS20X and its abominable 26 screws to mount, where we see challenges in mounting hardware. Available in black and white, EK-Nucleus AIO Lux features fully customizable (addressable) D-RGB lighting, creating a tunnel light effect on the pump cover.

In today's review, the EK-AIO 240 D-RGB watercooler will be tested against a massive number of competing coolers, including its larger sibling, the 360 D-RGB we reviewed previously. We’ve normalized the noise levels to 35dBA at 20” distance, creating an equal playing field to test the efficiency of the pumps, fans, and radiators without permitting the fans to just brute force performance at the expense of noise. Note also that the fact that this is a monolothic, HEDT, large-area IHS has the potential to significantly shuffle some results. Use of these and any missed payments may affect your ability to obtain credit from Klarna and other lenders. EK®, the leading provider of premium liquid cooling solutions, is excited to announce the expanded compatibility of its esteemed EK-Quantum.Requiring just a single radiator mount, with diamond cut rotary fittings for easy tube adjustment, the EK AIO offers compatibility with almost all modern case designs.